Eating Well–Without Trying So Hard or Worrying So Much (part 2)

 Seasonal Eating = Good Eating, Automatically     I’ve been transitioning to place-based eating for close to a decade (see the previous post).  With each passing year, I discover more and more amazing benefits–a whole dozen now: Nutritional Depth  Nutrition experts continually exhort us to eat a wide variety of vegetables, in other words, a lot … Read more

The Mystery of Energy Bars and Drinks

It’s curious how marketers can claim the mantel of scientific sanctity for products that often list “corn syrup” as the first ingredient. What’s more, if we’re talking real “scientific research,” there are at least a few studies confirming the powerful benefits of food–numbering maybe in the thousands! Why don’t these studies carry much weight in fitness circles and gyms?

More About Getting More Beans into Your Diet

Nutrition, Inspiration and Avoiding Troublesome Gaseous Issues Nutrition  While beans are packed with nutrients and protein, I try not to focus unduly on nutrition facts, like how Food G has XYZ nutrients while Food S has ABC nutrients.  This approach turns healthy eating into an arithmetic problem, and most of us never liked arithmetic to … Read more

Recipe: Using Beans in Green Salads

This salad features canned and frozen mix-ins. While these convenient foods are a good way to quickly perk up a salad, they’re also great for adding color, texture and heartiness to salads in the winter months, when tomatoes, cucumbers and other common salad standbys are out of season (and are therefore quite expensive and not very tasty.)